Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson said there are still hundreds of trees down around the county.

“It's been bad out there,” he said Wednesday afternoon. “For people who don't have any trees down in their community, if they could get in some of these off area roads and see the trees that were just stacked up on top of each other. I'm talking about going 50-foot and cutting another tree, going 100 yards and cutting three trees. Some trees are so big that we can't even get our equipment out to get to them.”

Icy rain coating Roane County Monday and into Tuesday has kept utility crews working nonstop.

Rockwood Electric Utility Manager Kendall Bear estimated 1,500 customers were still without power Tuesday afternoon. He said he hoped the utility gets to all of them quickly but some of the most isolated places may still be without power on Thursday or Friday.

According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Terrance A. Clark was headed east in a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck when a Chevy TrailBlazer driven by Robin W. Ledbetter crossed the center line and struck him head on.

Clark, 46, was killed. Two passengers in the Tacoma, 45-year-old Tabatha D. Clark and 15-year-old Leaf A. Clark, were injured.

Office of Emergency Services Director Scott Stout said his office was still
dealing with road conditions.

“What we’re doing right now is working with the utilities and highway
department to get the roads opened,” he said. “South of the River, West
Roane County District, there’s some spotty other places, but those are the
two areas that were hit the worse.”

Stout said he was advising people to stay off the roads.

“If you don’t absolutely have to get out, it’s best to stay in because we